St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-11
CHICAGO is RATIFIED
AT the Cheap Eastern Rates the
Duluth Road Gives the Twin

Duluth Road Gives the Twin
Cities.
Some time ago, when the st. Louis
millers made their complaint to the in
terState commerce commission of rail-
road discrimination in favor of the mill
ers of Minneapolis, the GLOBE published
a statement showing that any discrim-
ination was equally enjoyed by Mime
apoliS and St. Paul, and was the
result of their near proximity to the
lake and their connection by the st.
Paul d. Duluth road. In the same line,
the Market Record prints statement
showing this result and how it is viewed
in Chicago.
The Minneapolis Chicago railroads have re
reduced merchandise rates from l
S Gsnt to he cents soPp per loo pounds mSs
reduction is of no practical consequence
1t has life run of fifteen days only and re-
quires a readjustment in ''pica" printing, TO
proportion TO its benefits to the roads adopt
ing the reduction, or to the merchants
that are to be Modified by this
sop thrown them. The truth is that
several of those lines are in a hole. The
ones now sunk deepest are the ones that
united with the Chicago Freight bureau, of
which C. NJ. Wicker is chairman. in the pro-
mitigation of general statement of the
state REIMBURSEMENT of freight tariffs. The
statement referred to contains two printed
pages, showing how the new merchandise
rates were prepared with view 90 benefit
Chicago at the expense of the Twin Cities.
The same rates were TO be made to Ashland
as to the Twin cities. The Northwestern and
Omaha roads were to make the same rates to
Superior and Duluth as to Ashland, and Eau
Claire, Menominee, Stevens Point, etc, were
TO be the same or less. THUS rates from Chi
cago TO all points i'll Northwestern Wisconsin
will be the same or less to st. Paul, practi-
caly preventing st. Paul from shipping
high locals The Chicago mer-
chants were also told in that rip
vate circular how they could get to the North
ern Pacific territory by this Duluth route as
we'll as by the Milwaukee and st. Paul route.
: Then the Chicago Il Northwestern was to
furnish them the means of reaching clear up
to st. Peter and Mankato ut rates no higher
than to the dual cities. Into the territory
northwest of here the letter notified Chicago
merchants they have an advantage over these
cities of 50,a45, s2S, % and 20 cents per 100
pounds. Further:
with the commercial railway situation as
above, there seems to be no good reason why
Chicago should not be able to compete with
st. Paul and Minneapolis, even in what they
choose to call their own territory, and we
fail to see why Chicago should not recover
her former hold upon this territory, con-
trolling almost the entire trade of large
portion of Minnesota and Dakota"
There are many instances in the direct
West and Southwest where territory hereto
fore excluded will be open to Chicago on q
much lower comparative basis than hereto
TO e; but the above instances are some of the
most striking effects of the incoming inter
state commerce law in restoring to this mar
ket the territory naturally tributary to Chi
cago."
The roads referred to had no more than
settled themselves i'll their new Chicago
cushion when they were shaken out of it by
the VIGOROUSLY low rates quoted here by the
st. Paul Il Duluth, through its Eastern con-
nection with the seaboard cities. The Chi
red flag in the face of the Northwest until
two days ago they were appalled, by the
sight of the st. Paul & Duluth's rates.
Then the Chicago Tribune placed at the